New information has been released regarding the combat style of Respawn and EA’s latest game, Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order. Apparently, the new Star Wars game takes inspiration from some of our all-time favorite games: The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker and Metroid.
These details were revealed during the game’s official announcement, during the Star Wars Celebration event in Chicago. The game’s director, Stig Asmussen said, “Combat is key” in the action-adventure game. The gameplay wasn’t revealed but the development team gave out a few things to expect from it.
The game will have boss battles and different ways to counter enemies that will continue to change as the game progresses and gives you different abilities.
When Asmussen was asked about what he meant when he said that the game has thoughtful combat, he said, “It means you really have to understand not only the enemy that you’re going up against, but the group of enemies, and they each have their own strengths, and they each have their own weaknesses. You have to figure out what tools that you have in your skill set to best take them down.”
Following these statements, Asmussen also opened up about some of the franchises that gave inspiration to the game which include The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker and the Metroid series.
“A lot of it’s influenced by, you know — If you look at a game like Zelda Wind Waker, as you get different abilities, each enemy is crafted in a certain way, or even Metroid, or something like that, the enemies are crafted in a certain way that once you upgrade, you can think about how you’re going to approach them differently, and maybe they aren’t as big a challenge as they were at one point,” he continued.
“Then it becomes, well how do we make that work in Star Wars, because we can’t go out and make all these mechanic-oriented AI to fight against. They have to be authentic and real in Star Wars,” he added.
Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order was introduced last weekend during the Star Wars Celebration event and is set to be released on November 15 for the PlayStation 4, Xbox one, and PC.
